Belt-clasp.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

A. NORE NE. BELT CLASP.

APPLIUATION FILED 001.21, 1903.

ig/M4 Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT EETCE.

ANDREW NORENE, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOVA.

BELT CLAsP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,592, dated May 2, 1905. Application filed October 21, 1903. Serial No. 177,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW NORENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented new and. useful Improvements in Belt-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps adapted to be used for supporting garments by means of a belt; and the primary object thereof is to provide a cheap and durable device of this character which will effectually replace the ordinary loops now sewed to trousers and other garments and through which a belt is inserted to support the garment.

A further object of my invention is to provide a removable clasp whereby the same may be easily removed from one garment and applied to another to obviate the necessity of buying more than one set of clasps.

The invention consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a clasp constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being illustrated in applied position on a garment. Fig. 2 is .a detail perspective View of the clasp. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the clasp. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the body of the clasp is formed.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates the body of the clasp, the same being formed from a single blank of any suitable metal. The blank comprises an elongated body having one end 2 thereof reduced or tapered and its opposite end provided with laterally projecting tongues 3. The end 2 has the extremity thereof curled to provide a bearing 4 and is bent or curved rearwardly and downwardly to form a flange 5, which provides a channel 6 in the upper end of the body 1. The tongues 3 are bent in reverse directions upon the face of the body to provide eyes 7. The opposite or lower end of the body is bent rearwardly and upwardly in parallel relation with the body to provide a flange 8, which forms a channel 9 in the lower end of the body and disposes the eyes 7.

The provision of the body portion 1 with the channels 6 and 9 adapts the clasp for the reception of a belt the upper and lower edges of which are received by said channels, respectively. These clasps are adapted to be applied in series to either the inner or outer side of the garment adjacent the waistband thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, and when applied a belt may be inserted through each to support the garment in alinement with the bearing 4.

1O designates a U-shaped securing-pin having the connecting-bar thereof journaled in the bearing 4 to suspend the pin in applied position. The extremities are adapted to be received by the eyes .7 after the same have penetrated the fabric to secure the clasps in applied position. The reduction of the end 2 permits the use of a securing-pin smaller than the width of the body 1, which greatly facilitates the application of the clasp to a garment.

I attach importance to the peculiar position of the bearing 4, which is obtained by bonding the reduced end of the body 1 rcarwardly and downwardly, as said bearing through the virtue of its position with relation to the body 1 engages the article of apparel to which the clasp is attached and limits the degree of penetration of the pin in the garment and spaces the upper end of the body 1 from the article of apparel. The spacing of the upper end of the body 1 from the article of apparel facilitates the insertion of the belt in a manner which is readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

It is apparent from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, thatl provide a clasp which is cheap of construction, durable and efficient in operation, and which maybe readily secured or removed from applied position.

My invention is designed primarily for use as a clasp to engage a garment and form a belt-support. In this particular it becomes importantto so construct a clasp as to provide an uninterrupted space therein for the insertion of the belt and at the same time provide means for limiting the insertion of the holding-pins in the garment, whereby ample space is provided for the insertion of the belt. It will be noted that in the structure described I have amply provided for these results by constructing the clasp to have uninterrupted channels 6 and 9, to provide for the free passage of a belt, and, further, by turning the end 2 of the fastener to provide the projecting flange 5, whereby the insertion of the pin 10 in the garment is limited.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is- 1. A clasp comprising a body portion having ends formed in return-bends and spaced from the body portion, a pin journaled in one of said ends, the other end of the clasp hav- ANDREWV NORENE.

\Vitnesses:

HANS J. WINTHERLooH, \V. F. SAPP. 

